#social 2018-04-22
2018-04-22 UTC
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dansup I'm going to see if we can all agree on a set of limits (username length, bio length, ect), https://mastodon.social/@dansup/99900227637904296
# dansup so the experience is as consistent as possible
# dansup if not, I'll probably just use the instagram limits
# saranix "those have pretty strict values for inside `Note`s" -> I think this is a bad thing, as well as incongruent with the ideals of federation // "I'm going to see if we can all agree on a set of limits" -> same problem. Federation does not mean replacing the tyranny of a centralized corporation, with the tyranny of a centralized protocol specification
# saranix "so the experience is as consistent as possible" -> the experience is distinctly *not* determined by protocol internals, but rather by the client/server software during rendering
# dansup saranix: Thats a good point, I mean Instagram has pretty decent limits and I thought it would be a good idea to try and improve interop between the 3 projects as best as possible.
# saranix Personally I think one of the most interesting things about federation is indeed inconsistency of experience - as in, I can have an awesome experience for me, that looks absolutely nothing like the nails-on-a-chalkboard experience the majority seems to favor
# dansup saranix: ah, yeah I'm trying to go for the experience the majority are used to. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/003/544/555/original/780ff76bdfbcf8bb.png
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